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Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa

In the imperial Gazetteer of India 1878, Pusa was recorded as a government estate of about 1350 acres in Darbhanba. It was acquired by East India Company for running a stud farm to supply better breed of horses mainly for the army. Frequent incidence of glanders disease (swelling of glands), mostly affecting the valuable imported bloodstock made the civil veterinary department to shift the entire stock out of Pusa. A British tobacco concern Beg Sutherland & co. got the estate on lease but it also left in 1897 abandoning the government estate of Pusa. Lord Mayo, The Viceroy and Governor General, had been repeatedly trying to get through his proposal for setting up a directorate general of Agriculture that would take care of the soil and its productivity, formulate newer techniques of cultivation, improve the quality of seeds and livestock and also arrange for imparting agricultural education. The government of India had invited a British expert. Dr. J. A. Voelcker who had submitted as report on the development of Indian agriculture. As a follow-up action, three experts in different fields were appointed for the first time during 1885 to 1895 namely, agricultural chemist (Dr. J. W. Leafer), cryptogamic botanist (Dr. R. A. Butler) and entomologist (Dr. H. Maxwell Lefroy) with headquarters at Dehradun (U.P.) in the forest Research Institute complex. Surprisingly, until now Pusa, which was destined to become the centre of agricultural revolution in the country, was lying as before an abandoned government estate. In 1898. Lord Curzon took over as the viceroy. A widely traveled person and an administrator, he salvaged out the earlier proposal and got London’s approval for the appointment of the inspector General of Agriculture to which the first incumbent Mr. J. Mollison (Dy. Director of Agriculture, Bombay) joined in 1901 with headquarters at Nagpur The then government of Bengal had mooted in 1902 a proposal to the centre for setting up a model cattle farm for improving the dilapidated condition of the livestock at Pusa estate where plenty of land, water and feed would be available, and with Mr. Mollison’s support this was accepted in principle. Around Pusa, there were many British planters and also an indigo research centre Dalsing Sarai (near Pusa). Mr. Mollison’s visits to this mini British kingdom and his strong recommendations. In favour of Pusa as the most ideal place for the Bengal government project obviously caught the attention for the viceroy.

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    IMPACT OF AGRI ENTREPRENEUR TRAINING PROGRAM OF JEEViKA
    (RPCAU, Pusa, 2023) Sirisha, Mondem; KUMARI, PUNAM
    Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society (BRLPS) designated as the State Rural Livelihoods Mission is mandated to mobilize, empower and promote livelihoods for 1.5 crore rural poor families through sustainable Community-based Organisations and Farmer Producer Organisations. Agri Entrepreneur Training Program is a component of BRLPS commonly known as JEEViKA. An Agri Entrepreneur acts as a one-stop service provider for most of the agricultural needs of small and marginal farmers in JEEViKA. The study entitled, “Impact of Agri Entrepreneur Training Program of JEEViKA” has been conducted in Repura village of Sakra Block in Muzaffarpur District of Bihar consisting a total number of 140 women trainees as the sample of study. Formulation and Standardization of Knowledge Test Items was done using t-test and then reliability and validity were tested. The resulting reliability of 0.93 indicated that the Knowledge Test was highly reliable. The Content validity of 0.85 indicated a high level of content validity. Further the Pre and Post Knowledge Tests were fed to the trainees. Pre Knowledge-Test (T1) was fed to them just before undergoing the training and Post Knowledge-Test (T2) was fed to the same group immediately after the training. The dichotomous Knowledge items included in the Knowledge Test were quantified in terms of one score for the correct answer and zero for the incorrect one. The scores of Pre and Post Knowledge Tests were then calculated using Frequency, Percentage, Paired sample t-test and Chi-square for getting the results. The results of pre and post knowledge tests reveals that, there is an enhancement in the knowledge level of respondents reducing the percentage of respondents under low-level category from 17.14% to 13.57% with a respective increase in the percentage of respondents under medium-level knowledge category the percentage rising from 65.72% to 67.15%. Finally, there has been an increase in the percentage of people with high-level knowledge, the percentage rising from 17.14 % to 19.28%. The study revealed that the overall knowledge level of the 140 respondents, the majority fall into the medium-level category, accounting for 69.28% of the total. Meanwhile, 18.58% of respondents have a high level of knowledge and 12.14% have a low level of knowledge. The mean score before the training (Pre-Knowledge Test) was 23.72 and the mean score after completing the training (Post Knowledge Test) was 41.73. This shows significant increase of 18.01 mean score. The t-value obtained from the analysis was found to be 46.81* which is considered significant at 1% level of significance. The results of Chi-square test depicted that the Agri Entrepreneur Training Package of JEEViKA had a significant impact on trained women at 1% level of corresponding Chi-square value of 97.759* at 1 degree of freedom. It was concluded that the Agri Entrepreneur Training Program had a significant and positive effect on women's knowledge level.